2017 Review

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2018 and Beyond: Tokens Are Slowly Eating the Firm
Think DAOs and tokens are just a joke? This lawyer believes they may be coming to bring an open-source ethos to your business model.
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ICOs: The Beauty, the Beast and JFK
What did ICOs get right in 2018? What went wrong? Attorney and entrepreneur Christine Duhaime unpacks a chaotic year.
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No One Should Control the Blockchain Supply Chain
Blockchain supply chains are coming to market, but they might not look the same as they were once envisioned.
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Privacy on the Blockchain: Where Are We Headed?
Privacy may be an issue with major blockchains today, but 2017 saw innovations by leaps and bounds, argues VC Arianna Simpson.
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Why Crypto Looks A Lot Like Wall Street
Crypto may have set out to rethink Wall Street, but a decade into the experiment, advisor Jill Carlson isn't convinced the industry has it right.
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2017 Was Bitcoin's Year. 2018 Will Be Ethereum's
A long-time bitcoin investor is now staking his claim to a new blockchain network, one he believes will enable more value creation in the long term.
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Bitcoin's Real Bottleneck
Bitcoin's markets may be booming but it's the network's rare development talent that may be most valuable.
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Editable Blockchains? Mining Futures? 2017 Saw Crypto Patents Pile Up
A run-down of some of the more notable crypto and blockchain patents seen in 2017.
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A Central Bank Cryptocurrency? Not in 2018
Central bank digital currencies may sound like a nice idea, but blogger JP Koning argues they'll remain just that in 2018 – an idea.
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The Death of the ICO (And 4 Other 2018 Predictions)
The year of interoperability? Or enterprise digital asset adoption? Both futures might be on the table for 2018, according to Ripple's CTO.
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